Articles on Occupy Wall Street Fri. Jan. 20, 2012

1. Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever... 
Read @:  Truth Out

2. PIPA Just a Few Votes from Defeat on Cloture... 
Read @:  Fire Dog Lake

3. Internet wins: Votes on PIPA/SOPA indefinitely postponed... 
Read @:  The Raw Story

4. Kucinich Announces 'Game Changing' Constitutional Amendment to Publicly Finance Federal Elections...  Read @:  Nation of Change

5. Learning to Sit Alone, in a Quiet Empty Room... 
Read @:  Zen Habits

Decentralized People Power: What OWS Can Learn From South Africa's United Democratic Front

“When OWS’s New York City-based leaders appear divided over the question of how much emphasis to place on the GAs and on the general ethos of consensus-based politics, the UDF’s victories seem instructive.”...  Read @:  Nation of Change

Articles on Occupy Wall Street Dec. 29, 2011

1. Colorado becomes third state to ask DEA to reclassify pot... 
Read @:  MSNBC

2. My Political Prediction For 2012: It's Obama-Clinton... 
Read @:  Nation of Change

3. Why Are American Citizens Getting Locked Up and Even Deported By Immigration Authorities?...  Read @:  Truth Out

4. Russian Protesters Demands...  Read @:  Take the Squate

5. State of The Arms Race Between Repressive Governments and Anti-Censorship/Surveillance Tor Technology (and why American Companies are on the Repressive Governments' Side)... 
Read @:  Boing Boing

How The 1 Percent Thinks: To Boehner, $166 Payroll Tax Break is "Measely"

"It's about time someone told the House speaker that if he thinks $166 in "measely," he should resign from the House, surrender his wealth and get back in touch with the American economy wrecked by the policies that he has advocated."...  Read more:  Nation of Change 

Articles on Occupy Wall Street Dec. 19, 2011

1. The Four Occupations of The Earth...  Nation of Change

2.The Constitution v. Democracy...  Huffington Post

3. Newt Gingrich Wants America’s Judges Arrested, To Save Constitution...  Wonkette

4. Investigators Say 4 Reps Got Dicounted Loans...  Yahoo

5. The Saudis Don't Need to Buy Twitter to Silence It...  Boing Boing

6. Why Occupy Calls For "Sanctuary"...   Nation of Change

Jailed Journalists Reflect Greater Struggle for Internet Freedom

"The imprisonment of journalists is perhaps the first indicator for the perils of freedom of expression and human rights, as reporters often face the brunt of repression for those looking to control dissent within and across borders.”...   Read more:   Nation of Change

L.A. and Occupy LA Agree: It's Time to End Corporate Personhood

“What’s the issue that unites the occupiers and the city they’re occupying? Getting corporate money out of politics.”... 
Read more:   Nation of Change

Occupy The Opera

On Saturday night at the metropolitan Opera in, New York, just before the third act of Faust began, a man began yelling from the audience, "OCCUPY WALL STREET! OCCUPY WALL STREET!" It had neither the rhythm of a chant nor the participatory quality of the usual "mic check" that has been used to disrupt so much lately, interrupting public figures including Michele Bachmann, Scott Walker, and Barack Obama...  Read more:   Nation of Change

You Can Arrest An Idea

The bankers slept well. Their homes in Beverly Hills were not spotlighted by a noisy swarm of police helicopters, searchlights burning through the sanctity of the night, harassing the forlorn City Hall encampment of those who dared protest the banks' seizure of our government... 
Read more:   Nation of Change 

The Supercommittee Should Go Really Big and Turn Against the One Percent

“Since politicians have so much fun beating up on government employees, how about having a little fun beating up on the most highly paid government contractors?”...  Read more:   Nation of Change

Articles on #OWS Nov. 20, 2011

1. Newt Gingrich Tells Off Occupy Wall Street At GOP Debate: ‘Go Get A Job After You Take A Bath’...  Read more:   Mediaite

2. Memo Reveals How Seriously Powerful Interests Take Occupy Wall Street...  Read more:   Nation of Change

3. Rep. Joe Walsh: Veterans at ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests are anti-American...  Read more:   The Raw Story